Danger Road Serdang Raya
12 March 2001
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, 12 March 2001 -- With 205 accidents last year and 175 the previous year, why should it surprise anyone that the 3.5km Jalan Serdang Raya is synonymous with danger.
Traffic on this road became heavier as many motorists clearly did not want to pay toll when collection began on the Sungai Besi Highway.
Jalan Serdang Raya begins in Seri Kembangan, near the Mobil station, and ends near Menara SHL, just before the Astro buildings.
Serdang MP Datuk Yap Pian Hon said that among the problems associated with the road is that it does not have clearly marked dividers on it.
“Though much of the stretch is marked with double lines, the road has no divider. For that matter it has no space for road shoulders as widening work has taken up the space,” he said.
Yap said motorists too were to be blamed for some of the accidents which occurred as they had overtaken other road users without taking into account the possiblity that pedestrians could be standing in the middle.
He said he had written to the Petaling District’s security council to find a solution to the current problem in Jalan Serdang Raya.
He also said the Public Works Department (JKR), police and the Subang Jaya Municipal Council should look at ways of improving safety on the roads.
“For the benefit of schoolchildren, it would be a good idea to build an overhead bridge where it is most feasible.”
Source: New Straits Times 
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